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Cambodia Says Thai F-16s Bombed Border Village During Talks

Day three of border talks proceeds under competing claims of airstrikes, with mediators pressing for a ceasefire.

Overview

  • Cambodia’s defence ministry alleges Thai fighter jets dropped up to 40 bombs on Chok Chey in Banteay Meanchey between 6:08am and 7:15am local time.
  • Thai media report Cambodian forces carried out heavy overnight shelling in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province that damaged several homes.
  • Officials from both countries are holding multi-day negotiations at a border checkpoint, with defence ministers slated to meet next.
  • Official tallies put deaths above 40 and displacement around one million as fighting spreads across the frontier and includes artillery, rockets, drones and reported airpower.
  • Both governments blame each other and claim self-defence, while Cambodia says Prime Minister Hun Manet discussed ceasefire efforts by phone with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and mediators seek to revive a truce that previously collapsed.